9th Grade English Pretest

the first part of the story where characters, setting, and basic situation are revealed

• climax

• rising action

• exposition

• resolution

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plot structure

the turning point of the story; the most exciting, intense, or important event in a story

• exposition

• resolution

• climax

• falling action

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plot structure

events that follow the climax and move the conflicts towards resolution

• falling action

• rising action

• inciting incident

• exposition

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plot structure

The words an author chooses to use in a passage is the

• mood

• tone

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mood/tone

Which of the following does NOT create mood in a story?

• setting description

• imagination

• imagery (sensory language)

• character speech/feeling

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mood/tone

. . . is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.

• mood

• tone

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mood/tone

What is the "mood" of a story?

• emotions audience feels from a given passage

• summary of events of the story

• time and place of the story

• lesson the reader learns from the story

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mood/tone

Which tone is represented in the following passage? Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!

• calm

• scary

• annoyed

• excited

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mood/tone

The intercom activated with a dinging noise, signaling the start of the pre-flight briefing and safety demonstration. Having flown many times before, Louise knew by heart the instructions on how to use the oxygen mask or flotation device, in case the plan crashed on land or in water.

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person

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POV

Softball is just not my game. I have a knack for always getting hit in the head by the ball. It doesn't matter where I'm standing. The ball just seems to find me.

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person

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POV